white trash
A poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy, irresponsible, unintelligent, etc.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“He grew up in a trailer park and people called him white trash.”
“He feels angry when people use the phrase white trash to judge his family.”
“Calling someone white trash is a very rude way to talk about their background.”
“The movie portrayed the family as white trash, which many critics found offensive and unfair.”
“The wealthy neighbors used the term white trash to describe anyone who kept an old, broken car in their front yard.”
“She realized the book was full of stereotypes because it labeled every poor character in the town as white trash.”
“Despite having escaped poverty and earned a degree, she still bristled when she heard old classmates whisper that she would always be white trash.”
first recorded 19th c. disputed origin
A shortening, first attested in 1850, of poor white trash, which black slaves in the Southern United States were said to call white individuals who worked in servile positions (for example, as butlers).
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oil trash
An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.
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pearly whites
Teeth.
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take out the trash
To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place.
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talk trash
To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
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trailer park trash
Alternative form of trailer trash.
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trailer trash
A poorly-educated, and usually white individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.
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wash a blackamoor white
To labour in vain, especially so as to present something as better than it really is; to whitewash.
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white bread
Bread made from white flour.
Last updated August 10, 2026